Museum of Ancient Navigation

The Museum of Ancient Navigation, located in the German city of Mainz, was opened in 1994 in an old red brick building, consisting of two buildings - a three-storey and two-storey, connected by low galleries. The rich expositions of the museum acquaint visitors with the history of ancient navigation, among the exhibits you can see parts of several Roman ships of the III - IV centuries, which were discovered in the 1980s during the construction of the Hilton Hotel.

During the recent renovation, a huge glass roof was installed on the building, providing the possibility of natural lighting of valuable exhibits. In special rooms of the museum you can observe the work of restorers. Separate models of copies of Roman ships can be seen in one of the halls and even touch them with your hands. Recently, a large-scale installation with a length of 48 meters was installed in the museum, which contains objects dedicated to the history of shipbuilding and navigation of antiquity. The museum has a playground for children, with warships and antiquities, allowing children to feel like conquerors of the seas and oceans.